Review of Everyone Says I Love You (1996) by Francisco B — 13 Apr 2005

Starring: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Billy Crudup, Lukas Haas, Goldie Hawn, Gaby Hoffman, Natasha Lyonne, Edward Norton, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Tim Roth, and David Ogden Stiers.

Written and Directed by Woody Allen.

Rated [b]R[/b] (for one use of strong language).

Running time approximately 1 hour 41 minutes.

This is one of Woody Allen's very best films. A whimsical musical comedy - and by whimsical, I don't mean Tim Burton - [i]Everyone Says I Love You[/i] got me laughing and made me care for its characters and their futures either together or apart. The singing is actually quite wonderful (exception Drew Barrymore, who definitely didn't do her own), especially from Edward Norton, Woody Allen, and Tim Roth. I enjoyed the film, maybe a bit too much, and we'll just leave it at that. [b]**** (out of ****) A[/b].